The Three Stooges Meet Hercules
| The Three Stooges Meet Hercules | |
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| Directed by | Edward Bernds |
| Produced by | Norman Maurer |
| Written by | Norman Maurer Elwood Ullman |
| Starring | Moe Howard Larry Fine Joe DeRita Vicki Trickett Quinn Redeker George N. Neise Samson Burke Emil Sitka Hal Smith Marlin McKeever Mike McKeever |
| Music by | Paul Dunlap |
| Cinematography | Scotty Welbourne |
| Editing by | Edwin H. Bryant |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | January 26, 1962 |
| Running time | 88' 43" |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Three Stooges Meet Hercules is the third feature film to star the Three Stooges after their 1959 resurgence in popularity. By this time, the trio consisted of Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Joe DeRita (dubbed "Curly Joe"). Released by Columbia Pictures, The Three Stooges Meet Hercules was directed by long-time Stooge director Edward Bernds. Over the years, Moe would cite Bernds as the team's finest director. This was the most financially successful of the Stooges' feature films and is still highly regarded amongst fans.
[edit] Plot
The Stooges work at Dimsal's Drug Store in Ithaca, New York, where they befriend Schuyler Davis (Quinn Redeker), the owner of the shop next door, who is attempting to build a time machine. With the boys' "help", the machine transports the boys, Schuyler and disaffected girlfriend Diane Quigley (Vicki Trickett) back in time to Ithaca in ancient Greece during the reign of the lecherous King Odius (George N. Neise). The King, after defeating and imprisoning Ulysses because the Stooges are believed to be gods, has a yearning for Diane and banishes Schuyler and the boys to the galleys, where Schuyler builds impressive muscles while constantly rowing.
After an escape and shipwreck, they kill a monster with the help of Joe's sleeping pills and start billing Schuyler as Hercules at a local gladiatorial arena. The real Hercules (Samson Burke) gets wind of their game and confronts them, but after single combat the Stooges convince Hercules to help them rescue Diane in a chariot chase. The time travelers remove the king and, navigating by observing the progress of military technology, manage to set history straight by dumping him off during Indian dominated American Old West where a band of warriors chase him off into the distance.
[edit] Cast
- Moe Howard - Himself
- Larry Fine - Himself
- Joe DeRita - Himself
- Quinn Redeker - Schuyler Davis
- Vicki Trickett - Diane Quigley
- George N. Neise - Ralph Dimsal/King Odius
- Samson Burke - Hercules
- Emil Sitka - Shepherd/Refreshment Man
- Hal Smith - King Theseus Of Rhodes
- Marlin McKeever - Ajax (The Siamese Cyclops)
- Mike McKeever - Argo (The Siamese Cyclops)
[edit] External links
- The Three Stooges Meet Hercules at the Internet Movie Database
- The Three Stooges Meet Hercules at AllRovi
- The Three Stooges Meet Hercules at the TCM Movie Database
- The Three Stooges Meet Hercules at Rotten Tomatoes
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